IH-634-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo/Black

[Mizmazzle]

I had a really fun experience with my jeans yesterday. Was planning to take them to my local denim retailer to have them hemmed but found out they won’t chain stitch 25oz. Was pretty bummed. But that led me down a rabbit hole and ended up being introduced to a local guy who is equal parts denim pattern maker, machinist, and vintage sewing machine collector and sewer. He told me to come in right away and I got to check out his incredible workshop filled within insane vintage sewing machines and machinists tools. Super cool dude and crazy knowledge of denim history and machines. He repairs all the union specials in the Denver area and bro knows his shit. After shooting the shit and watching the man work, I walked out of there a couple hours later with my jeans hemmed up to perfection!! Very cool, underground denim scene experience right in my home town I didn’t even know existed.

The finished product. Walking Carl this morning.

[Giles]

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Does he do mail-ins? If so, we should add him here:

https://forum.ironheart.co.uk/topic/3340/chain-stitching-and-repairs?_=1766506781771

[Larkens]

@Mizmazzle amazing story and better pictures! Was meant to be man. Must be great, to find someone like him.

Oh, and the end result looks great

[pechelman]

@Mizmazzle those are looking ace post water and hem! Curious who this guy/shop is as well so I can send some friends there too. Congrats and enjoy! Hope you love XHSib.

[ZackB]

@Mizmazzle awesome man, they already have a backstory before the first wear. They look great and hopefully you’ve found a tailor for life.

[tvaillant75]

@Mizmazzle Looking great man, and what a backstory

Looking forward to seeing the evo in the coming weeks / months as I commit to mine also.

[Mizmazzle]

@giles I’m gonna reach out to him and see if he does do mail ins.

[SKT]

@Mizmazzle just now catching the story and seeing the pics. Hell of a start to the journey with these awesome jeans man!

[Mizmazzle]

Thanks fellas. Now comes the fun part!

[FlavourFade]

@Mizmazzle that's so cool, what a find and so close!! And fit is

[nurunuru]

My pair was under the tree yesterday morning. Dig the heck out of 'em. Really fun to wear.

Managed to split a finger open while wrestling with the bottom two buttons over the course of about 10 minutes. Thankfully, the ib colour is sufficiently dark to hide the crimson staining of any buttoning misadventures. Top two were way easier, for whatever reason. All part of the fun, ay.

Waist has already stretched about a half-inch.

Only took a few hours to learn that wire pocket clips will not withstand the creasing of these jeans.

Iron Heart XHS - 1
Spyderco Dragonfly - 0

My EDC while wearing these has been modified accordingly